The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked

A Psalm of David.

37 Do(A) not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

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Psalm 37[a]

Of David.

Do not fret because of those who are evil
    or be envious(A) of those who do wrong;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Rest in the Lord, (A)and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who (B)prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

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Be still(A) before the Lord
    and wait patiently(B) for him;
do not fret(C) when people succeed in their ways,(D)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.(E)

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17 (A)Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But (B)be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;

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Saying 15

17 Do not let your heart envy(A) sinners,
    but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.

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19 (A)Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the wicked;

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Saying 29

19 Do not fret(A) because of evildoers
    or be envious of the wicked,

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31 (A)Do not envy the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways;

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31 Do not envy(A) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

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Do Not Envy Evil Men

24 Do not be (A)envious of evil men,
Nor desire to be with them;

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Saying 20

24 Do not envy(A) the wicked,
    do not desire their company;

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(A)For I was envious of the boastful,
When I saw the prosperity of the (B)wicked.

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For I envied(A) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(B)

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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(A) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)

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And her rival also (A)provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb. So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.

Hannah’s Vow

Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not (B)better to you than ten sons?”

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Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A) This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(B) Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?(C)

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Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, (A)“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

(B)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

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Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[a]?(A) But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously
  2. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34

The foolishness of a man twists his way,
And his heart frets against the Lord.

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A person’s own folly(A) leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.(B)

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